STEM subjects are at the forefront of the media’s focus on education. What are they? It’s simple; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Why are they so important? Well, they’re the future of our world. These fields are making rapid advancements and needing more brain power to do so. (Which they’d have if not for the sexism that exists within these fields perpetuating the idea that women are not adept in such studies.) Besides that though, there is a need to generate interest in STEM subjects that has been greatly diminished by the social norm of finding them ‘uncool.’
There is, of course, great reward in entering these fields. Especially engineering, with some starting salaries higher than the median salary of my future career (clinical psychology). As shown by the chart I’ve attached, there is a much higher percentage of people earning more than those at an…
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